DMC5 Speedrun Notes & FAQ

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Devil May Cry 5 Speedrun Notes

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Frequently Asked Questions:

 

 

Losing all HP in a boss fight and using the most expensive Red Orb revival option gives you full HP, Devil Breakers and depletes the boss' health by 50%

 

Time starts on New Game selection, ends on final hit of Vergil

 

**Orb ores**

 

 

**Orb caches**

M1 - On the right side of bridge before Qliphoth Roots

M2 - On top of arc before 2nd fight (2000), on the back of Pegasus statue (2000)

M3 - On top of middle chandelier in library

M6 - At the front of the ship (4000)

M9 - On top of coffin in 2nd last fight (2000)

 

**Extra bonuses**

List of bonuses: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jhquDAcShbTuLSwfIi_PrEG3UyhH3hLQAe8747A1VNk/edit

List of speed clears: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j_0hUCDwxabUbdOC40VXyVN744yz3_1q9YQUIZb-q3c/edit

 

Bonus & Penalty

-No Damage - x2

-No Continues - x1.2

-Speed Clear S - 1000

 

Air Taunt (One successful) - 100

Taunt Master (Taunt 5 or more enemies) - 200

Explosion Freak (Destroy all explosive cannisters in a mission: M01: 2, M03: 1, M05: 3) - 100

Parry Prince (Parry 1 attack) - 100

Ground Master (Finish a battle without jumping) - 100

Crazy Jet Rider (Do all 3 of Punchline's riding moves) - 500

Coffin Breaker (Break a coffin in Mission 9 or 15) - 100

Breaker Keeper (Clear mission without breaking a Devil Breaker) - 300

Environment Protector (Do not break any breakable objects in a stage) - 150

No Nidhogg Baby (Finish Mission 12 without using any Nidhogg Hatchlings (Dante only)) - 1000

Just Passing Through (Excluding sealed fights, finish a mission without fighting any enemies) - 500

Extended Heat Up (Use Balrog Kick Mode’s Heat Up for 15 seconds or more (Dante only)) - 100

Exceed Weed Whacker (Finish the Mission 1 boss (Qliphoth Roots) with a flame attack (Nero only)) - 100

Max Vitality Victory (Finish a sealed battle with maximum life) - 300

Leg Attack (Attack Gilgamesh’s legs (Nero only)) - 100

 

 

 

**One-shot-kills**

Some enemies can be one-shot after clashing with their moves

Death Scissors: Time a melee hit on any attack, damage them when their face is red

Nobody:

 

 

 

**Devil Breakers**

Breakage - Charge until glow, release, move varies between Breakers. Breaks the Breaker

Breakaway - AoE with i-frames that breaks the Breaker

 

Overture

-Creates a shockwave. Breakage: Implants a bomb in an enemy

 

Gerbera

-Launches enemies away. Can be used to move in air. Breakage: Shoots a directable laser (ground), shoots multiple ricocheting lasers (air)

 

Punchline

-Shoots the Breaker like a homing missile. Can be ridden. Breakage: Punches upwards (ground), punches downwards (air)

 

Buster Arm

-Works like Devil Bringer allowing grabs. Breakage: Stronger grab than Bringer

 

Tomboy

-Strengthens Red Queen/Blue Rose and gives a different moveset and charge shot. Breakage: makes Red Queen and Blue Rose stronger, become unflinchable

 

Helter Skelter

-Breaks through enemy guard. Breakage: Upwards drilling motion

 

Rawhide

-Swings around like a whip. Breakage: Grabs an enemy and swings it around

 

Ragtime

-Slows down time in a small area for a short duration. Breakage: Slows down time in a large area for longer.

 

**Devil Bringer**

Timing it after a melee hit will make it punch for additional damage

 

 

DT = Devil Trigger

CS = Charge Shot (not DT enabled)

LB = Light Blow (10 hits to activate Ignition)

RI = Real Impact

 

 

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Prologue

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-Run to first fight, charge Exceed

Fight 1

-Combo 1, CS, air taunt

-Air combo, CS other Empusa, finish it

 

Fight 2

-Air combo

 

BOSS: Urizen 1

-Taunt and get hit

 

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Mission 1

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-Shoot barrel

-Run in the middle of bridge for Orbs

 

BOSS: Qliphoth Roots

-Air combo, finish with Overture

 

 

**Customization**

-Speed, Streak, Split, Roulette Spin, Exceed 2, Breaker Plus

-Gerbera, equip Overture x2, Gerbera

 

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Mission 2

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-Run to fight, charge Exceed

Fight 1

-Go to middle, Snatch 3 Empusa, Streak, taunt

-Breakage Overture on Empusa, drag it to middle with others, Streak

-Repeat for last 3 Empusa

 

-Get on top of arc with taunt (above white protrusion), walljump, taunt

-Charge Exceed on Orb cache (2000)

 

Fight 2

-Streak, air combo and Roulette Spin, CS the Caina (TEST: Gerbera Breakage)

 

-Get Overture from right alcove, Streak to cutscene

-Get and use Nidhogg Hatchling

-Get another Nidhogg

 

Fight 3

-Roulette Spin, CS and Overture the Caina

 

-Use Nidhogg

 

Fight 4

-Breakage Overture, Snatch Caina to it

-Breakage Air Gerbera

 

-Get Nidhogg, Gerbera and Streak slide and Gerbera over crumbling ground, use Nidhogg

 

BOSS: Goliath

-Roulette Spin until floor breaks

-Roulette Spin, Breakage Air Gerbera, Breakaway Overture, Breakage Gerbera

-Get Overture from outside, Breakage

 

**Customization**

-Wire Snatch 2, Color Up 2

-Punchline 3, equip

 

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Mission 3

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Fight 1

-Snatch and Roulette Spin the Pyrobat

 

Fight 2

-Snatch and Roulette Spin Caina, repeat for Anternora

 

M3 Skip

-Split on railing of stone building you land on next to the land patch

-Run to the end of the bridge, use Punchline and call it back to ride it

-Ride it until across the bridge

-Ride it again inside the building

-Snatch the hook

 

Fight 3

-Snatch Death Scissors near you and parry with Split and shoot for one-shot

 

BOSS: Artemis

-Roulette Spin and Breakage Air Punchline, repeat

 

**Customization**

-Purple Orb x3

 

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Mission 4

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-Ground teleport and double jump to first fight

 

Fight 1

-DT, finish 2 Empusa, spam Griffon and Shadow, finish last Empusa

-Air taunt, read book

 

-Run to next fight

 

Fight 2

-Griffon DT, Shadow and finish Pyrobat

 

-Teleport over edge

-Turn off DT when possible, get White Orb on top of crate

-Griffon the Orbs above stairs

 

Fight 3

-Book, Griffon/Shadow DT and finish the Empusa

-DT 2nd wave

 

-Griffon Orbs above

-Get White Orbs

 

Fight 4

-Book, Griffon/Shadow DT

-DT 2nd wave, air taunt

 

BOSS: Nidhogg

-DT, Griffon DT and spam Shadow

-Finish tentacles, Griffon spam, Shadow Hightime into aerial (press and hold/spam) Nidhogg, air taunt

-DT when tentacles revive

-Dodge with Shadow if attacked for DT gain

 

**Customization**

-Quickplay, Purple Orb x1

 

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Mission 5

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Fight 1

-Book, DT Griffon/Shadow, air taunt

 

-Break roots x2

 

Fight 2

-Book, blow up canister when Caina are close, air taunt

-DT Shadow Caina

-DT Griffon Pyrobat

 

-Break roots

 

Fight 3

-Book, DT and DT Griffon, air taunt

-Cancel finish on Empusa Queen

 

-Break roots

 

Fight 4

-Blow up canister when Caina are close, DT Griffon

-DT Empusa Queen

 

-Get White Orbs behind statue

 

BOSS: Elder Geryon Knight

-Griffon DT, Shadow

-DT if about to be hit

-Cane the boss

-Dodge shots with Shadow for DT

 

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Mission 6

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BOSS: Gilgamesh

-Hit leg until it turns blue, Snatch to get on top

-Snatch core, Split, spam Combo 1

-When it's about to use spikes, count 3 seconds and jump in air to Roulette Spin, Snatch to go back

-Get Orb cache (2000) from on top of the front of the ship, get Buster from ground where Gilgamesh falls, finish it

 

Pick Nero

**Customization**

-Buster 4

 

-Pick Nero

 

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Mission 7

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Fight 1

 

Fight 2

 

Fight 3

 

Fight 4

 

BOSS: Angelos

-Hightime, Roulette Spin each, Breakage Buster

 

**Customization**

-Exceed 3, Breaker Plus 2

-Overture, Gerbera, Buster

 

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Mission 8

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Fight 1

-Breakage Overture Riot and Snatch others to it, Roulette Spin

 

-Get Gerbera, skip elevator: Hightime 2, Gerbera, walljump, Gerbera - Hightime 3, Gerbera, taunt, Gerbera walljump

 

-Get Punchline, ride it over fight

-Break Orb Ore

-Get Buster, Streak slide

 

Fight 2

-Roulette Spin, Buster Baphomet

-Repeat for Riot and Baphomet

 

-Gerbera, taunt to avoid fight, Streak slide

 

Fight 3

-Same as 2

 

-Get on elevator with Hightime 3, Gerbera, repeat to get off

 

**Customization**

-Gerbera, Helter Skelter x2

 

BOSS: Urizen 2

-Roulette Spin, Breakaway to avoid dmg, Breakage Air Helter Skelter x2 red crystal

-Die

 

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Mission 9

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Fight 1

-Teleport to Behemoth, DT Griffon/Shadow, taunt, book

-DT after Behemoth

 

-Take left path

-Get White Orb next to statue grave

-Break Orb Ore

-Skip fight with Quickplay slide -> Cane x3 -> Teleport -> Double jump

 

Fight 2

-DT Griffon/Shadow

 

-Get White Orb after falling to hole

-Skip fight: align on the left and look at the coffins on the right -> jump -> Teleport

-Get White Orb outside

 

Fight 3

-Cane Sin Scissors and one-shot

-Get Orb cache (2000) on top of big grave

-One-shot Sin Scissor, DT Griffon/Shadow the Hells

 

Fight 4

-Teleport to Nobody, DT, taunt, book

 

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Mission 10

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-Move with Trickster dash

 

Fight 1

-Light Blow to activate Ignition on Empusa, Combo A the rest with DT

 

-Get White Orb

 

Fight 2

-DT Cruiser Drive when Caina are close

-Heavy Jolt the rest, use DT on Anternora

 

**Customization**

-Speed, Trigger Heart, Stinger, Ignition 2, Trickster Lv4, Swordmaster Lv4

 

Fight 3

-DT Stinger to stop Chaos' spin

-LB down to 75% HP, Real Impact

-RI spawning Chaos

 

Fight 4

-Helm Breaker/Prop Shredder Sin Scissors and shoot to one-shot

 

Fight 5

-LB on Riot, RI (turn camera to bait other Riot to join)

-RI the Caina and Anternora

 

-Get White Orb

-Skip fight by activating optional fight

 

-Get White Orb

 

Fight 6

-Shotgun the Bat down, RI

-RI Empusa Queen

 

Fight 7

-LB, RI Angelo

-Get White Orb

 

BOSS: Urizen 3

-Get Kalina Ann from the left of the arena

-LB, RI the red crystal, Helm Breaker, repeat x4, finish with Rebellion

 

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Mission 11

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-Run to break Roots

 

Fight 1

-RI

 

-Break middle and bottom Roots

-Get White Orb

 

Fight 2

-RI

 

Fight 3

-RI

 

-Stinger slide

-Ignition before boss

 

BOSS: Cavaliere Angelo

-RI, Ground Trick to get close after teleport

-LB and RI

 

**Customization**

-Air Hike, Remove Cavaliere, Purple Orb x1

 

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Mission 12

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Fight 1

-LB, RI

 

-Get White Orb

-Hightime to get on top of door, walljump to balcony

-Break roots

-Go outside

-DT jump, Trick Up, jump, Trick Up, jump, DT glide to skip to balcony

 

Fight 2

-Break Nest with LB+RI, RI Behemoth

 

-Break roots

-Get White Orb

-Go outside

-DT jump, Trick Up, jump, Trick Up, jump, DT glide to skip to balcony

-Break roots

-Run to house, get White Orb

 

BOSS: Urizen 4

-Teleport to crystal, Melee combo x3, 2 hits and Judgement

-DT LB and RI, Trick Down, repeat

-RI or Stinger the crystal

 

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Mission 13

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Fight 1

-Ignition, Aerial Rave and Helm Breaker to bring down Baphomet

-LB RI

 

Fight 2

-Break Nest, Roots, fall down the middle

 

Fight 3

-Break Nests x2, Roots, fall down

 

Fight 4

-Judgement to break all Nests, break Roots

-Fall down

 

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Mission 14

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-Quickplay until last elevation, air teleport and double jump

 

BOSS: Artemis

-Teleport to boss, spam Shadow, spam Cane, air taunt

 

BOSS: Goliath

-Teleport to boss, DT Griffon/Shadow, spam Cane, air taunt

 

-Get White Orb

 

BOSS: Caveliere

-Teleport to boss, DT Griffon/Shadow, spam Cane, air taunt

 

-Quickplay to Roots x2, break them

 

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Mission 15

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-Go right, get Ragtime, jump to avoid spikes

-Get another Ragtime, Streak slide, get Buster Arm, Streak slide

 

Fight 1

-Combo the lizards

 

-Get Rawhide

-Run through and get another Rawhide

-Break left rear trap and fall through hole

-Streak slide

 

Fight 2

-Breakage Rawhide x2

-Snatch and Buster the Empusa

-Roulette Spin Empusa Queen, Buster on stun, spam Exceed and finish with Roulette Spin

 

-Get Tomboy

 

Fight 3

-Streak Anternora, Breakaway, air Buster Caina/Anternora

-Roulette Spin Judecca to stun, Buster

 

-Streak slide

 

**Customization**

-Enemy Step, Payline, Max-ACT

-Overture x2, equip Overture, Ragtime, Overture, Ragtime, Buster

 

BOSS: Malphas

-Streak, Breakage Overture

-Breakage Ragtime, Breakage Overture

-Breakage Ragtime, Combo 1 until boss is at 40% HP, Breakage Buster

 

**Customization**

-Luce, Royalguard Lv3, Purple Orb x1

 

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Mission 16

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-Get White Orbs, charge SDT

 

Fight 1

-SDT, Luce (full), Luce and Judgement

 

-Get White Orbs, charge SDT

 

Fight 2

-SDT, Luce (full), Combo 1 and Judgement, DT Stinger

 

-Get White Orbs, charge SDT

 

Fight 3

-SDT, Luce x2

 

-Get White Orbs, charge SDT

 

Fight 4

-SDT, Luce x2

 

Fight 5

-SDT, Luce (full), Luce and Judgement

 

-Get White Orbs, charge SDT

 

BOSS: King Cerberus

-SDT, Luce (full), Luce and Judgement

-Parry explosion

-Air taunt, LB and charge SDT

-SDT, Luce

 

**Customization**

-Stinger 2, Ignition 3, Remove Cerberus

 

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Mission 17

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BOSS: Urizen 5

-Ground Trick, Heavy Jolt

-LB, DT RI, Helm Breaker, repeat

-Ground Trick when he teleports, repeat

 

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Mission 18

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Fight 1

-Get White Orb

-Multiple, 2 shots

-Ground Trick, LB DT RI

-Spam Kalina Ann

 

-Charge SDT and go to next fight

 

Fight 2

-Multiple, Heavy Jolt, DT LB, RI x2, air taunt

 

Fight 3

-Get White Orb

-Multiple Shadow, DT LB, RI x2, air taunt, Stinger

 

-Charge SDT

-Get White Orb

 

BOSS: Griffon, Shadow, Nightmare

-Get White Orb

-SDT, Combo spam, Judgement

-Multiple Shadow, DT RI

-Multiple Griffon, DT RI

-Ignition before they come back

-DT RI Nightmare to finish

 

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Mission 19

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BOSS: Vergil

-Stinger, Parry, LB, Hightime, DT RI, Trick Up, Aerial Rave, Helm Breaker, Stinger, air taunt

-Trick/Stinger to him, Hightime, DT RI, Trick Up, Aerial Rave, Helm Breaker, Stinger

-Parry when he goes DT, Gold Release with DT, Stinger

 

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Mission 20

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BOSS: Vergil

-Streak, DT, Combo 1, High Roller, Roulette Spin, CS

-Roulette Spin x3, Buster